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Entry Certificate Officers

Volume 301: debated on Tuesday 25 November 1997

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many entry certificate officers were employed in British High Commission offices in (a) Pakistan, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) India and (d) Bangladesh on 1 November. [16915]

The number of Entry Clearance Officers employed on 1 November is as follows:

Officers
Islamabad21
Karachi4
Colombo3
New Delhi10
Bombay8
Madras2 + 50 per cent. of the time of a third officer
Calcutta75 per cent. of the time of one officer
Dhaka11